Machine for unwinding binding-ropes from whip-stocks



(No Model.)

0. A. LEVIE. MAGHINE FOR UNWINDING BINDING ROPES FROM WHIP sTocKs.

vN0. 597,614. Patented Jan. 18,1898.

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CHARLES A. LEVIE, OF IVESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR UNWINDING BINDING-ROPES FROM WHIP-STOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,614, dated January18, 1898.

A li ation fil d June 26, 1897. Serial No. 642,471. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. LEVIE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of W'estfield, in the county of I'Iampden and State ofMassachusetts, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inMachines for Unwinding the Binding-Ropes of Whip- Stocks; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to machines for unwinding the binding-ropes whichare employed to confine the siding and chinks to the centers or coresduring the process of manufacturing whip-stocks.

In manufacturing whip-stocks a central tapering core of any suitablematerial is employed provided with a number of longitudinally-disposedtapering sidings and chinks glued thereto. After said sidings have beenglued to the core they are wound lightly with cord or thread and thenthey are tightly bound with rope wound therearound to confine thesidings tightly to the core while the glue is drying, after which theropes are removed. As said ropes are wound upon the stocks the surplusglue is expressed between the edges thereof, which coming in contactwith the rope causes it to adhere to the sidings and chinks, renderingit difficult to subsequently remove the rope.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved machine wherebythe ropes may be easily and rapidly unwound from the cores; and itconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofarope-unwinding machine constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

In the said drawings the r'eferencenumeral 1 designates the bed of themachine, upon which is mounted a casting 2, comprising the base 3 andslotted standards 4. Located in the slots of these standards are boxes5, in which are journaled shafts 6, having inter- Ineshing cog-wheels'7. The lower one of these shafts is provided with a driving-pulley 8,by which said shafts are rotated. At the opposite end the shafts areprovided with friction-wheels 9. To the journal-boxes at these ends ofthe shaft are pivotally connected curved links 10, also pivotallyconnected with a lever 12, pivoted to one of the standards. This leverpasses through a slot in a vertical rod 13, secured to the bed 1 andprovided with a coiled spring 14:. This end of the lever is connectedwith the bed 1 by a rope 15. The numeral 16 designates a bar secured tothe casting and provided with a v rope-guide pin 16. Located in rear ofsaid casting is an inclined trough 17, having an opening 18 intermediatethe ends and provided with two hooks 19.

The numeral 20 designates a curved chute at the back of the machine.

The operation is as follows: The whip-stock wound with the binding-ropeis placed in an inclined trough and one end of the rope loosened andpassed between the hooks 19 and carried to the friction-wheels, whichare rotated by the shafts and driving-pulley. These wheels grasp therope and quickly unwind it from the stock. The ropes then unwound fallinto the chute and from thence pass to any suitable receptacle.

The object of the lever, the slotted bar, and coiled spring is toregulate the tension of the friction-wheels.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In amachine for unwinding ropes from whip-stocks, the combination with therotatable friction-wheels, and mechanism for op- 0 crating the same, ofthe inclined trough for holding the whip-stocks, formed with an openingintermediate its ends, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for unwinding ropes from whip-stocks the combinationwith the rotatable friction-wheels, and mechanism for operating thesame, of the inclined trough for holding a whip-stock, formed with anopening in one side and the hooks secured to the trough, substantiallyas described.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination with theslotted standards, the movable journ al-boxes located in the slots ofsaid standards, the shafts and the cog- Wheels, the leverpivoted to oneof the standards, the curved links pivotally connected with said leverand with the journal-boxes at one side of the machine, the slotted bar,the coiled spring, and the rope-guide, of the inclined trough and thehooks secured thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffiXed my signature :0 in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. LEVIE.

Witnesses:

ALFRED F. LILLEY, E. L. SANFORD.

